Efficacy of telavancin in a murine model of bacteraemia induced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Author(s) -
Noe Reyes
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl222
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , bacteremia , medicine , staphylococcal infections , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , genetics
The efficacy of telavancin, a bactericidal lipoglycopeptide, was compared with vancomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in an immunocompromised murine model of bacteraemia.
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